The story
- Latin · derived fromsubsidium
- Old French · derived fromsubside
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromsubsidee
- Middle English · inherited fromsubsidy
- English todaysubsidy
From Middle English subsidy, subsidie, from Anglo-Norman subsidee, subsidie, from Old French subside, from Latin subsidium (support, assistance), from subsido from sub- (“below”) + sīdō (“sit”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.